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Urban Resilience and Landslide Risk Management: The Case of Santos (Brazil)

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The concept of Urban Resilience has entered discussions on how cities can prepare for, adapt to, and cope with acute natural disasters. Urban resilience is understood as a process that involves enhancing capabilities for learning about changing conditions and for adapting to such conditions in order to reduce the risk of disasters, restore essential urban services and improve quality of life. In the past, landslides were the major cause of deaths from natural disasters in Santos, a large port city on the coast of São Paulo state, Brazil. The number of fatalities however fell significantly with the introduction of the Civil Defence Prevention Plan (PPDC) which has been in annual operation since 1989. The aim of this paper was to identify the landslide risk management tools employed by the Santos Civil Defence Department (responsible for disaster management), and to analyse the role of these tools in promoting urban resilience. Field, documentary and qualitative research (including literature reviews) revealed the Department’s use of the following instruments: weather monitoring; a map to chart susceptibility to gravitational mass movements and floods; a Risk Reduction Plan; and a geotechnical map to illustrate aptitude for urbanization. The paper concludes that promotion of urban resilience by the Santos Civil Defence has been only partially achieved to date. The above-mentioned tools are still being implemented only gradually and challenges remain, such as the need to improve coordination between local government departments in favour of risk reduction.

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Ferreira, K., Abiko, A. (2019). Urban Resilience and Landslide Risk Management: The Case of Santos (Brazil). In: Brunetta, G., Caldarice, O., Tollin, N., Rosas-Casals, M., Morató, J. (eds) Urban Resilience for Risk and Adaptation Governance. Resilient Cities. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76944-8_12

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